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This page is about Kodashim, a section of the mishnah. See Kedoshim (parsha)
Kedoshim (parsha)

Kedoshim, K?doshim, or Qedoshim is the 30th weekly Torah portion in the annual Judaism cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the book of Leviticus....
 for the Torah portion by that name.


Kodashim or Kodoshim (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 ?????, Holy Things) is the fifth Order in the Mishna (also the Tosefta
Tosefta

The Tosefta is a secondary compilation of the Oral Torah from the period of the Mishnah....
 and Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
). Of the six Orders of the Mishna, it is the third longest. Kodoshim deals largely with the religious service within the Temple in Jerusalem
Temple in Jerusalem

The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to a series of structures located on the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem. Historically, two temples were built at this location, and a The Third Temple features in Jewish eschatology....
, the Korbanot ("sacrificial offerings"), and other subjects considered or related to these "Holy Things".

Kodoshim consists of 11 tractates:

  1. Zevahim: (?????, "Sacrifices"); Deals with the procedure of animal and bird offerings.
  2. Menahot: (?????, "Meal Offerings"); Deals with the various grain-based offerings in the Temple.
  3. Chullin: (?????, "Ordinary Things"); Deals with the laws of slaughter and meat consumption (ie animals used for every-day as opposed to sacred reasons).
  4. Bekhorot: (??????, "Firstborn"); Deals with the sanctification and redemption of animal and human firstborns.
  5. Arakhin
    Arakhin

    Arakhin is the fifth tractate in Seder Kodashim. It consists primarily of the laws pertaining to donating one's prescribed value as described at the end of the book of Leviticus, as well as other gifts to bedek habayis, or the treasury of the Temple....
    : (?????, "Dedications"); Deals mainly with a person dedicating their value to the Temple or dedicating a field.
  6. Temurah
    Temurah (Halacha)

    In Jewish Law, Temurah is the prohibition against attempting to switch the sanctity of an animal that has been sanctified for the Temple in Jerusalem with another non-sanctified animal....
    : (?????, "Substitution"); Outlines the laws of what happens if an animal is substituted for an animal dedicated for a sacrifice.
  7. Keritot: (??????, "Excisions"); Deals with the commandments for which the penalty is karet (spiritual excision) as well as the sacrifices associated with their (mostly unwitting) transgression.
  8. Me'ilah: (?????, "Sacrilege"); Deals with the laws of restitution for the misappropriation of Temple property.
  9. Tamid: (????, "Always"); Outlines the procedure of the Tamid (daily sacrifice).
  10. Middot: (?????, "Measurements"); Describes the measurements of the second Temple.
  11. Kinnim
    Kinnim

    Kinnim is a tractate in the Mishna and Talmud. The name means "nests", referring to the tractate's subject matter of errors in bird-offerings. The tractate is found in the order of Kodshim, as it details the laws relating to an aspect of Temple in Jerusalem service....
    : (????, "Nests"); Deals with the complex laws for situations where the mixing of bird-offerings occurred.


The traditional reasoning for the order of the tractates (according to Maimonides
Maimonides

Moses Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , the Rambam, and Musa ibn Maymun , was born in C?rdoba, Spain, Spain on March 30, 1135, and died in Egypt on December 13, 1204.....
) is as follows:

There is a Gemara
Gemara

The Gemara is the part of the Talmud that contains rabbinical commentaries and analysis of the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Judah haNasi , the work was studied exhaustively by generation after generation of rabbis in Babylonia and the Land of Israel....
 in the Babylonian Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
 to the first 8 tractates, and three chapters of Tamid.






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This page is about Kodashim, a section of the mishnah. See Kedoshim (parsha)
Kedoshim (parsha)

Kedoshim, K?doshim, or Qedoshim is the 30th weekly Torah portion in the annual Judaism cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the book of Leviticus....
 for the Torah portion by that name.


Kodashim or Kodoshim (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 ?????, Holy Things) is the fifth Order in the Mishna (also the Tosefta
Tosefta

The Tosefta is a secondary compilation of the Oral Torah from the period of the Mishnah....
 and Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
). Of the six Orders of the Mishna, it is the third longest. Kodoshim deals largely with the religious service within the Temple in Jerusalem
Temple in Jerusalem

The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to a series of structures located on the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem. Historically, two temples were built at this location, and a The Third Temple features in Jewish eschatology....
, the Korbanot ("sacrificial offerings"), and other subjects considered or related to these "Holy Things".

Kodoshim consists of 11 tractates:

  1. Zevahim: (?????, "Sacrifices"); Deals with the procedure of animal and bird offerings.
  2. Menahot: (?????, "Meal Offerings"); Deals with the various grain-based offerings in the Temple.
  3. Chullin: (?????, "Ordinary Things"); Deals with the laws of slaughter and meat consumption (ie animals used for every-day as opposed to sacred reasons).
  4. Bekhorot: (??????, "Firstborn"); Deals with the sanctification and redemption of animal and human firstborns.
  5. Arakhin
    Arakhin

    Arakhin is the fifth tractate in Seder Kodashim. It consists primarily of the laws pertaining to donating one's prescribed value as described at the end of the book of Leviticus, as well as other gifts to bedek habayis, or the treasury of the Temple....
    : (?????, "Dedications"); Deals mainly with a person dedicating their value to the Temple or dedicating a field.
  6. Temurah
    Temurah (Halacha)

    In Jewish Law, Temurah is the prohibition against attempting to switch the sanctity of an animal that has been sanctified for the Temple in Jerusalem with another non-sanctified animal....
    : (?????, "Substitution"); Outlines the laws of what happens if an animal is substituted for an animal dedicated for a sacrifice.
  7. Keritot: (??????, "Excisions"); Deals with the commandments for which the penalty is karet (spiritual excision) as well as the sacrifices associated with their (mostly unwitting) transgression.
  8. Me'ilah: (?????, "Sacrilege"); Deals with the laws of restitution for the misappropriation of Temple property.
  9. Tamid: (????, "Always"); Outlines the procedure of the Tamid (daily sacrifice).
  10. Middot: (?????, "Measurements"); Describes the measurements of the second Temple.
  11. Kinnim
    Kinnim

    Kinnim is a tractate in the Mishna and Talmud. The name means "nests", referring to the tractate's subject matter of errors in bird-offerings. The tractate is found in the order of Kodshim, as it details the laws relating to an aspect of Temple in Jerusalem service....
    : (????, "Nests"); Deals with the complex laws for situations where the mixing of bird-offerings occurred.


The traditional reasoning for the order of the tractates (according to Maimonides
Maimonides

Moses Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , the Rambam, and Musa ibn Maymun , was born in C?rdoba, Spain, Spain on March 30, 1135, and died in Egypt on December 13, 1204.....
) is as follows:
  • Zevahim is first as it deals with the main physical "purpose" of the Temple - animal sacrifices.
  • Menahot continuing the subject of offerings is placed after according to the scriptural order and the status of meal-offerings as supplementary.
  • After dealing with offerings to the Temple, Hullin follows, dealing with "secular offerings".
  • Bekhorot, Arakhin and Temurah all discuss auxiliary laws of sanctity and follow the Scriptural order.
  • Keritot follows the prior elaboration of commandments as it largely discusses the offering for the transgression of certain commandments.
  • Me'ilah follows as it also deals with transgressions of sanctity, although of a lighter nature.
  • After dealing with laws, two description tractates were added, Tamid discussing the daily sacrifice and Middot which overviews the whole Temple in Jerusalem
    Temple in Jerusalem

    The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to a series of structures located on the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem. Historically, two temples were built at this location, and a The Third Temple features in Jewish eschatology....
    .
  • Finally, Kinnim was placed last as its laws all deal with accidents and situations which very rarely occur.


There is a Gemara
Gemara

The Gemara is the part of the Talmud that contains rabbinical commentaries and analysis of the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Judah haNasi , the work was studied exhaustively by generation after generation of rabbis in Babylonia and the Land of Israel....
 in the Babylonian Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
 to the first 8 tractates, and three chapters of Tamid. Although the subject matter wasn't relevant to life in the Babylonian academies, the Gemara was included to follow the idea that the study of the laws of the Temple service is a substitute for the service itself. Also, the rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
nic sages wanted to merit the rebuilding of the Temple by paying special attention to these laws. However, in the modern Daf Yomi
Daf Yomi

Daf Yomi "page [of the] day" or "daily folio") is a daily regimen undertaken to study the Babylonian Talmud one folio each day. Under this regimen, the entire Talmud would be completed, one day at a time, in a cycle of seven and a half years....
 cycle and in the printed editions of the Babylonian Talmud, the Mishnah for the last two tractates is added at the end, to "complete" the order.

See also

  • Korban
    Korban

    Korban , in Judaism, is the term for a variety of Sacrifice described and commanded in the Torah. Such sacrifices were offered in a variety of settings by the ancient Israelites, and later by the Jewish priesthood, the Kohen, at the Temple in Jerusalem....
  • Kedoshim (parsha)
    Kedoshim (parsha)

    Kedoshim, K?doshim, or Qedoshim is the 30th weekly Torah portion in the annual Judaism cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the book of Leviticus....